Myself vs. Me
Some serious thoughts on the psychology of Respectability.
My life is one long battle,
Between Myself and Me;
I see the right, yet do the wrong—
This much too frequently.
I have the foolish habit,
That oft brings me disgrace,
Of cutting off my Roman nose
To spite my ugly face.
I'm daily robbing Peter
To pay Old Mister Paul—
Though cosmos out of chaos
It never makes at all.
I jump out of the skillet
Into the fire that's hot;
With fingers burned I dread the blaze.
But quit it? I guess not!
And so goes on the battle
Between Myself and Me—
Old Satan pulling fiercely 'gainst
Respectability?
